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Four people in Sarasota have fallen ill with malaria, and the Florida Department of Health has issued a statewide mosquito-borne illness alert, the department said this week. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control also has issued an alert after the Florida cases, and one case in Texas, are the first…

The number of people with dementia, including those with Alzheimer's disease, are projected to increase from 50+ million now to more than 150 million in 2050, according to Alzheimer's Disease International. Those sheer numbers will mean that investors in certain stocks, producing Alzheimer's drugs to combat the disease, are poised…

According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, it is the first time malaria has been locally acquired in the US in twenty years after cases were identified in Florida and Texas

Breast cancer research in memory of tragic Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding will attempt to identify which young women are most at risk from the disease

Breast cancer research in memory of tragic Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding will attempt to identify which young women are most at risk from the disease

Tommy has been living with Motor Neurone Disease since 1997 after going to his GP with slurred speech and difficulties walking, which prompted further tests and his diagnosis.

The former health secretary was giving evidence to the Covid-19 public inquiry.

The Girls Aloud pop star died at just 39

South Africa has experienced outbreaks of cholera since January. The worst was in May in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, where nearly 30 people died. Cholera is a bacterial disease which spreads via the faecal-oral route mostly through ingestion of contaminated food and water. It causes severe diarrhoea and dehydration, and…